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The response regulator expM is essential for the virulence of Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora and acts negatively on the sigma factor RpoS (sigma s).
Molecular plant-microbe interactions : MPMI - 1 Jul 1999
Andersson R A, Palva E T, Pirhonen M
Abstract excerpt
The main virulence factors of Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora, the secreted, extracellular cell-wall-degrading enzymes, are controlled by several regulatory mechanisms. We have isolated transposon mutants with reduced virulence on tobacco. One of these mutants, with a mutation in a gene designated expM, was characterized in this study. This mutant produces slightly reduced amounts of extracellular enzymes in...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Bacterial Proteins
- Cloning, Molecular
- Genes, Bacterial
- Genetic Complementation Test
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Pectobacterium carotovorum
- Plants, Toxic
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid